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N.C. council member resigns in Klingon
What would Worf say about David Waddell's resignation from the Indian Trail City Council in North Carolina?
Waddell, who is stepping aside Jan. 31, tendered his notice this week in Klingon, the language of the fictional humanoid warrior species from Star Trek.
The Charlotte Observerreports the lawmaker's letter to Indian Trail Mayor Michael Alvarez was meant as a joke but to be safe he included a translation using Bing.com.
"Perhaps today is a good day (to) resign," reads the last translated line, a riff on a Klingon proverb often repeated by Worf on Star Trek: Next Generation. (Non-Trekkies: The line from the show is actually "perhaps today is a good day to die.")
Waddell, a plumber by profession, intends to continue attending council meetings and speaking out as a concerned citizen. Plus, he told the Charlotte newspaper, he wants to devote time to mounting a write-in campaign for the Constitution Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C.
As for Alvarez, he wasn't pleased. "It's an embarrasment for Indian Trail, and it's an embarrassment for North Carolina," the mayor is quoted as saying. But Gene Roddenberry must approve.
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Beechwood Sacred Heart School
The Tempest
May 28, 2019 @ 7:00 pm UTC+0 - 9:00 pm
The world's first cycling theatre company, The HandleBards, pedal from venue to venue with all the set, props and costume necessary to perform environmentally sustainable Shakespeare across the globe.
Join their all-female troupe at Beechwood School for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' like no other. In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.
And what's the play about? Well – a shipwreck washes the court of Milan up onto a mysterious desert island, inhabited by magicians, sprites and monsters, where nothing is as it seems. There's magic, musicality and mystery a plenty!
This is an outdoor production, so please bring your own chair or blanket to sit on, a picnic to dig into, and dress for the weather!
Notes on Performance
- Doors open at 6pm, so bring a picnic and come and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
- Chairs, picnics, blankets and any other low level accessories are welcome.
- In case of rain, please don't bring umbrellas as they block sight-lines for other audience members. Ponchos and raincoats are just as fetching, so please wear these instead.
- Tickets are available on the door, also for £12.
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(Pocket-lint) - It's not an easy task to review something ostensibly identical to another you've looked at before but that's pretty much what we're faced with by the 3rd generation AppleiPod touch. The first thing you'll notice when you break through the wrappings, the sellotape and the box and finally get the device into your hands is that it's true. It doesn't have a camera. There's even a blank space on the otherwise perfect mirrored back where the one on the iPhone would normally be, and that pretty much sets the standard. You just have to trust that all the technological advancements are on the inside.
The iPod touch still measures an iPhone but slimmer 110 × 61.8 × 8.5 mm. It still weighs the same 115g. It still has a beautifully crisp and pixel dense 3.5-inch 380 x 320 colour screen in a 3:2 aspect and it still skates on the edge of not supporting enough file types with just AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, Audible, MP3, WAV, Protected AAC in its audio arsenal; BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF for images and just MPEG on the video front. In fact, the only difference you'll notice on the outside is that now, you can get one with the legend "64GB" etched into it. After every other disappointment it nearly makes your day.
That said, the iPod touch is still a heartbreakingly beautiful thing to hold, arguably more so than the iPhone with its even more svelte form and simply delicious weight. It's just the right size to slip into your jeans pocket and almost forget that it's there; a breathtaking feat of engineering.
So, how about the stuff you don't see? Well, the biggest bump for the third generation is at the heart of the device - the CPU and the RAM. Both have been raised to match the iPhone 3GS, so it's now packed with a 833MHz ARM-Cortex 8 processor that's been underclocked to 600MHz most likely to protect the battery life. As it goes, the battery has dropped a little on the last incarnation going down from 36 hours for audio to 30 - either the result of a more realistic estimate than the first time or quite possibly because of having more power-hungry insides.
The performance is indeed far smoother as Apple has said. The approximation given is 50% faster and, although in practice it's a tricky thing to measure, the experience isnoticeably better. Scolling about from screen to screen on the device has even an edge on the 3GS but the boost is at its most obvious when running the faster game apps now able to render high speed action all the smoother.
The second nice advance is the doubling of the flash memory to a now far more substantial 64GB touted as enough to hold 14,000 songs or 80 hours of video depending on your quality options. It comes at quite the high price of £299 and begins to make one wonder if it isn't worth splashing out the extra to get an iPhone. If you're happier with a 32GB model, you'll be pleased to see it costing fractionally more than the now ceased 16GB at £229 and suddenly the 8GB version looks very cheap indeed at just £149. Probably best hold back on the videos with that one though.
One strange pleasure of all iPods is that they arrive charged and ready to go. There's nothing quite like the agony of having to wait eight hours for something to fully power up before you're allowed to turn it on, particularly after all the excitement of getting it home in the first place. Of course, the other bonus with the 3rd gen touch is that not only is it charged but it also comes loaded with the iPhone OS 3.1 software. It's not quite the jump for joy moment it could be seeing as the price has just been reduced to £2.99 but you learn to be grateful for small mercies.
The software brings Voice Control as directed from the microphone of the legendarily bland headphones. The range of phrasing understood by the device is initially impressive but drops slightly below company track record after being told that it doesn't recognise the phrase "U2" for the fourth time. Novelty-ware aside, the addition of the Genius Mixes feature from iTunes 9 along with the Genius Playlists from the version before is a welcome bonus to the handheld. Doubtless the LP software will follow soon.
All Apple could really have done to make the 3rd generation iPod touch significantly better was to add a camera or something else impossible like the ability to make your dinner. There's a temptation to slate the device for not being different enough but, at the end of the day, it's a decision that needs to stand on its own. The question is should you buy it and the answer is whole-heatedly - yes. Those with a second gen model need not apply but if you're looking for a top endPMP, then this is it, certainly until we get a good look at the Zune HD . It's quite expensive but then that's to be expected and, for the time being, it's still the best gadget in its class and, for the record, none of its other competitors have a camera either.
As a gaming device, it's still a long way behind the PSP and DSi but that's got as much to do with the games as anything else. So, if you're looking for purely that purpose, then it's not the one for you. As a PMP, though, look no further - especially with the launch of the Spotify app for iPhone.


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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sleep was elusive last night.
I lay in the bed while the wind howled around the Little Yellow House on the Hill.
Tornado watch till 2am the weatherman said....
I looked at the clock: 10:00p, 11:00p, midnight.
I tossed and turned.
Something kept bumping down the hall. Noises that were strange filled my ears.
2:00a, - Tornado watch pushed back to noon.
With the windows open the wind pushed back and forth on my son's closed bedroom door, making silent thumps. I got up to close his window.
4:00a - thunder and lightening. More wind.
I checked my iPad all night to make sure there wasn't a tornado headed our way. I tried to figure out a plan to reach the kids should we have to run to safety downstairs.
I thought about the families here that have already lost so much.
I wondered if those 80 ft. Carolina Pines would hold to the ground. Wondered if they would fall through the house with ease.
Yes, fear spun the wheels of my mind and sleep was elusive.
It reminded me of the time 30-years ago as I stood in our enclosed porch in my pajama's. We lived on 19th St. and the desert monsoons were making their way over the mountains. I watched a very tall, skinny, Palm Tree get hit by lightening and go up in flames.
Yesterday on our way to co-op lightening hit a gigantic hard wood tree and a limb of the tree fell to the street below, rendering the road blocked. This limb was so large it could have easily covered a car or two. We were there just seconds before it happened.
ZAP!! Towers of strength reduced to kindling.
I thought of those summers in Texas when the tornado sirens would sound and we'd snatch the kid's bodies from the bed and sit in the bathroom till the storm was over.
Why do these storms seem to happen in the dark of night?
All these scenes moved around with the wind and became bigger than life in my mind.
I prayed and tossed and tried to close my eyes.
I was never so glad for daylight.
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Labels: fear, Silly Things I Do
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Flowers, Flowers Everywhere - Even In The Spring
Last week while I was sick I made the Orchid Hat pictured above and (if I say so myself) I L-O-V-E it.
Its a crazy week in the La Vida House, so short posts abound...only a few more weeks until summer vacation! Hooray!
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Happy Easter!
He is Risen Indeed!
The most wonderful thing about Easter is that it last's all year long.
There is much joy in the risen Lord! How sad that we celebrate it fully just one time a year!
Our day was beautiful. Since I had been sick the entire week before, it wasn't quite as organized or elaborate as we do each year, but we got in all the activities that we like to do together as a family.
There was cookie decorating...
|The Boy was a slap-and-dash kind of decorator. The Girl more the Artiste.
(She would also like me to note that she is using her robe as a smock, so as to not get her nice shirt dirty.)
and egg finding...
and sparkly new clothes.
There was not one, but TWO meals on outside on the deck.
And there was candy....
This year our little family had done something together that I hadn't told you about:
As a family we gave up candy for lent.
I have to tell you I couldn't have been more proud of my children.
They decided on their own that they would join The Mister and I on our 40-day fast, and I am fairly certain that I couldn't have done it without them. This topic deserves an entire post so I will save it for later in the week.
Needless to say, there was A LOT of candy on Easter morning...way more than we have done in the past.
There was also the photo The Mister takes every year...the one of me taking pictures.
However, this year, the picture makes me laugh extra hard! It's like ode to my favorite things: I've got my fave t-shirt, and extra large reindeer pajama pants; a bottle of water tucked under my arm and an 18 oz. coffee mug in my hand....and the video camera.
I did actually get to wear my Easter dress.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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Friday, April 22, 2011
It Is Finished
The Giver
John 19: 28-42
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday Thyroids and Other Fine Things
The good news is that I feel a little better today.
The bad news is that I sound worse.
This morning I sat in the pediatric dentists office trying to act inconspicuous. I tried really hard to act casual while hacking up a lung.
I felt pretty confident that I was doing a good job until a lady with her adorable 6 year old boy walked in the room. Which is actually a funny story....
The nurse asked this women if it was all right to take her son's bite-wing x-rays. The mom answered in a tone that was highly patronizing and very loud, "Please be sure to cover his..." and then she waved her hand in a circle around the lower portion her own body.
The nurse respectfully replied, "Oh yes, don't worry, we use a lead apron."
The mom condescendingly says, "well, be sure to cover his thyroids."
I began to wonder if she was confusing one body part for the others.
Anyway, this same mom was giving me the evil eye when I had a small coughing fit. Luckily, my kids appointment was quick (no cavities, HOORAY!) and we were able to make a swift exit.
You know, I should probably give this women the benefit of the doubt. Maybe her son has health issues, maybe she's just really concerned about radiation, but speaking kindly to others isn't all that hard.
Since I have had some time on my hands this week I decided to make a couple of Easter Baskets.
I hooked up these super-easy easy baskets using this pattern.
The blue one is done with only two strands of yarn (instead of three as the pattern suggests.)
The pink one was actually an entire skein of yarn that I hooked into one long single-chain. I had seen this technique done one other projects and wanted to try it out (instead of using separate strands). I wouldn't do it again for this kind of project - maybe it was just the wrong kind of yarn for that technique, but it made things difficult.
So that's it, the good the bad and the crafty.
I cannot wait to show you the pictures I took outside this morning of my garden flowers. Oh! they are nice...but until then the picture above is actually from my neighbors yard (every year she catches me taking photos in her yard, and she doesn't even mind!)....spring is in full bloom!
Until tomorrow...
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Labels: crafts, crochet, Easter 2011, Silly Things I Do
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
For the Birds
Good mornin'!
I'm feeling a bit giddy this morning. Not sure if its the end of the second (18 oz) cup of coffee, or if its the copious amounts of decongestants I am currently taking....either way, I'm certain this post is about to be wide open and a bit unpredictable.
For instance, my chest is on fire.
Not literally on fire, but I have this horrible cough that has worsened each day. I sound like I've been smoking since I was 10. (And, please mom and dad, lets not go into that story when I tried smoking when I was 10 - the boys made me do it.)
Actually, I was more like 15 and I totally blamed my brothers. But here's the deal, they were 10 and 13 years old, and not smart enough to hide the evidence, so they got caught. Knowing they might rat me out, I confessed.
Plus, I didn't really smoke anyway. I didn't inhale.
I have cancelled all outings for today in an attempt to get well.
I should have done that yesterday, but I had to get the kids Easter clothes.
I love having both a girl and boy. Shopping for clothes is a comedy routine in action. The Girl is going from rack to rack, mixing and matching every combination of skirt and tops. She wonders if she should choose something more dressy, or go with something more spring-like so she can wear it more often.
The Boy walks over to two racks within arms reach of each other. He chooses a pair of cargo pants with one hand and a polo with another. Neither one match, nor are in his size, but he throws it in the cart and says, "This'll work, cuz i can ride my bike in these and not get too hot."
At this point The Girl walks up, her hands filled with 18 items of clothing and begins to let her brother know that those shorts, (although grey in color) has a "green tinge to it and simply won't work with that shirt."
This is where eye rolling commences.
I was dying with laughter, and my hackers cough.
We managed to get The Boy sorted out and purchased everything we needed. I am certain they will both look very nice for Easter Sunday.
Whelp, this post is kind of getting long, but I just have to share with you this new App my friend told me about last weekend: Chirp! Lite
Its a bird calling app and I can't be certain, but I think I may now be in a relationship with an Eastern Townee (or E.T.) He looks a lot like this:
I do know that this sweet bird and I are on speaking terms because for the last four mornings I have taken my breakfast outside and used the app to call to E.T., and he flies to the tree in front of our home, and talks back!
I will admit, it feels a little scandalous to be talking with birds during the season of twitterpation (what movie does that word come from?) but the birds really do talk back.
Another free app I am really enjoying (and its also a website) is MyFitnessPal. Y'all know that I have struggled in the past with body image and food issues, but the truth is that I have put on a few pounds and my clothes are snug. It was time to find some accountability and get back into shape.
My friend (and accountability partner!) told me about MyFitness Pal and I have been keeping track for the last week or so and I LOVE it. My goal is to loose 1/2 - 1 pound per week. This is very slow, but I don't want to make myself crazy I just want to get back on track. If you happen to be a MFP user, my account name is: LVCG.
All righty, its time for some oatmeal and to hang out with E.T.
Happy Wednesday!
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Labels: Random thoughts from kellie's brain, Silly Things I Do
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
For a Friend
I am currently in a fight with Blogger over posting a video on How to Make Origami Bunnies. For two days I have tried to get it to upload and it won't.
As a result, I am having to upload the video to YouTube, which in general I don't like to do.
Hopefully that video and tutorial will be up shortly, otherwise you'll have to make bunnies next week, and really, origami bunnies are more fun before Easter.
However, when looking at my youtube account, I found a video long forgotten.
About a year ago I had my guitar out and recorded myself playing one of my favorite songs: If I Stand by Fernando Ortega. I had uploaded it along with several other videos and forgot about it. To be honest I had actually recorded it for a birthday gift for friend, and then chickened out at the last minute, sending a quilt instead.
This morning when I listened to it I immediately thought of another dear friend of mine who is facing a tough situation. A situation that could go either way. No matter what the outcome she'll have to "stand on the promise that He will see her through."
If you are reading this post and you knew me back in the days when I was "known" for my singing, you'd probably be surprised that I don't sing in public very often anymore. My nerves take over, I get all jumbly inside and panic sets in...its so weird coming from the girl who would have sung at the drop of a hat, anywhere - anytime, many years ago.
Its very rare that I sing in front of a crowd, much less on a public forum such as the this blog. But I feel certain that this may be an encouragement to my friend, and perhaps to you...its not the best performance I've ever had, but its from the heart.
So my friend, this is a gift for you. I know you love Ortega's music, and i love you. And I am praying that the situation this week is one in which we will throw our heads back in laughter and praise God for His goodness...but if it doesn't turn out that way, we will fall on the grace that brought us to Him, and praise Him still....
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Origami Bunnies - A Tutorial
When I was a kid, my parents were always creative.
From macrame to marble mice, my mom and dad spent a lot of time making things.
My dad was always taking arts-and-craft type things apart to find out how they were made...this apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
My dad was also a public educator for 30 years. He taught 4th grade for most of those years but also spent several years as the art teacher. He continues to teach my kids with occasional impromtu art lessons when we are visiting. Mostly he makes fun things for my kids.
The favorite craft of my kiddos? Rings made from real dollars. When we were in Arizona last Christmas they were asking if he knew how to fold rings from a twenty. Those kids think they're so smart. (Trust me, I already tried that one.)
One of the many things my dad taught me a bagillion-years ago was how to make origami bunnies. And I have been making them every spring, ever since.
So today I pass on the tradition....
What do you need?
Paper (square) - it doesn't matter what size, as long as its square.
Tape or glue.
Optional: decorations - google eyes, cotton for tail, whatever your decorative heart desires!
Here we go:
(My paper has two different sides so you can see better.)
Now, in the pic above you can see my highly effective pink sticky notes...they are pointing to the side of the square that are our next bit of business....
Hooray! You're nearly there!
The next part is a little odd, and it was hard to write out directions so I thought I little video would be better.
Happy folding!
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Labels: tutorials
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I don't normally post on Wednesdays (usually I'm cramming lesson plans for my afternoon history class at co-op) but since I have been MIA in the last five days, I thought I'd pop in.
In true CoffeeGal style, I got bit by a crafting bug last week and have had tunnel vision of epic proportions. Any free time has found me at my sewing machine.
In my last post I wrote about Log Cabin Squares for quilting. Well, that's what I've been doing: I made twenty Log Cabin quilt blocks....
Some of you may remember chuppah I made a couple years ago for a friend.
For eight months I put my heart-and-soul into that project, embroidering every monogram by hand. Quilting old family fabric into a quilt-of-sorts. A tapestry for a young couple to marry under.
I tried to explain how this project felt in this post, but here is a small glimpse of the work involved.
This project was challenging and brought great personal satisfaction, but when it was completed it wasn't mine. I handed it (and everything about it) over to its rightful owner.
One night last week I was talking to The Mister and showing him the sample quilt blocks I had sewn, and he said emphatically, "I love quilts!"
When my husband speaks emphatically, I listen. He tends to be a pretty even-keeled guy, reserving passionate verbiage for things he truly feels passionate.
And it got me thinking....
I often make things for the kids, or myself, or for friends. I almost always make things for those who ask me to, and every once in awhile someone will actually pay me.
Very rarely do I create things for my man.
And he deserves something. Especially since one-month from today we will have been married 16 years.
As I have been sewing, I've been thinking about that chuppah, what it meant in the days of hard work, and the lessons I learned both during and after the project was complete. It made me want to make something like it to celebrate our marriage; The joy. The hard work. The crazy and the calm. I want to make something that shows the depths of beauty that comes from a relationship that isn't always easy, but is so worth the effort.
This is the beginnings of the quilting project I am calling Sixteen. It is to be a gift to The Mister. My hope is to hand-embroider some of my favorite things about our life together (thus far) and give it to him when we go away (to a log cabin in the NC mountains) sometime next month.
My plan is to use only fabric and thread I already own. And we won't be boxing this baby up - we'll sleep under it. Hopefully for many more years....
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Labels: christmas crafting, embroidery, marriage, quilting, The Mister
Friday, April 08, 2011
Quitter: This Time I REALLY Mean It - I Think
I keep meaning to tell you that I finished it!
I enjoy making the quilt tops but I have never had a quilt-binding process come out successfully. Or at least, I had never done binding without a great deal of cussing.
My friend (and talented quilter) came over for lunch and (wanting desperately to finish) I asked her to help me. So she WILLINGLY showed me how to do this process the right way. Which included learning how to pin things together correctly. This required being on the floor kneeling over all the fabric and batting.
Did I mention my friend was nine-months pregnant? I felt slightly guilty about that... obviously guilt is not a good motivator in my life for doing the right thing. Especially when it comes to completing sewing projects.
However, now when I look at this table-runner I have happy memories of our time together...so I guess it's a win-win situation - especially for me.
After this project I had decided that I wasn't gifted in the arena of quilt making and that I was officially going to be a quilt quitter.
Actually I say that after all the quilts I make, and I've made a few wonky looking blankets that are kind of like ugly-ducklings: Loved for their charm and the work put into them, not so much for the outward appearance.
But now that I know how to bind them correctly (and I have a new walking-foot for my machine) I'm gonna try again.
Exhibit A:
These are Log Cabin blocks.
I have a baggillion scraps from various projects so my hope is to make a scrap-quilt. These blocks are SUPER easy. Here is a great tutorial if you are interested.
I made a practice one (the pink), And then I made another one in browns/greens. I think I will dig through the stash boxes and see what I can come up with... Anyone interested in doing a Log Cabin Quilt over the summer? We could slowly and surely work on it and then have a day (in the fall) when we all reveal our new quilts?
All righty! I've GOT to hit the elliptical this morning. I have continued to eat like I am on vacation since my trip to NYC three weeks ago. If I don't stop I am going to have to quilt myself a new pair of jeans, because the ones I put on yesterday were so-very-tight that I ended up wearing lounge-pants all day.
Eating sensibly'll have to wait until after lunch though... I've got company coming for lunch, and it is my duty as a hospitable southern woman to serve BALT's (bacon/avocado/lettuce/tomato/sandwiches) without worries of the waistline.
(Oh, and also, there will be homemade cookies. I am not sure which kind of homemade cookie - but I'm leaning toward these: Click here.)
....jeans shmeans.
Happiest of Fridays to you!
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Labels: sewing, Silly Things I Do
Thursday, April 07, 2011
In Case You Need To Know
I had a post all typed out.
It took me several hours (written over a couple of afternoons) and somehow, with the click of a key and a push of a button - its gone.
So instead I will leave you with this happy little thought:
I love birds.
I have a collection of them:
Given to me by friends and family over the course of time.
I'm not sure why I love birds, but I do remember a time, many, many years ago, when I was struggling through some deep issues in my life. I felt like a little bird with broken wings, battling in a war of ambivalence: desperately wanting to fly away free, and too afraid to leave my cage.
In the midst of this epic skirmish-of-my-heart I read something that strengthened my soul and turned the war to my favor:
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text: Z3r0 0 Share Posted May 2, 2006 (edited) This thread is slightly different to the last as it describes how to enable internet connection sharing over an ad-hoc network, as opposed to just connecting to an Ad-Hoc network with a static IP, I decided to put it into a seperate thread as it relates to configuring a seperate card and I didn't want the other thread getting too busy My network is set up as so: ADSL Router -> ethernet -> Dapper PC -> wireless -> Dapper Laptop Here are the instructions on how to set up the Dapper PC to share the internet to lan clients: Under the x86_64 Dapper beta 2, the network configuration program crashes, so I installed the i386 version of Dapper beta 2 and now it works. My ethernet card, connected to the router, was already configured by DHCP, so all I had to do was set up the PCs ra0 card with a static IP address This wasn't as simple as I thought, we can set it up with ubuntus network configuration manager and it will save the settings correctly to /etc/network/interfaces but it will not set it up as an Ad-Hoc network, to do this you must issue iwconfig ra0 mode Ad-Hoc iwconfig ra0 essid Z3r0 #your essid here My PC could now ping the laptop, the laptop could now ping the PC, but the laptop couldn't reach the internet through the PC, this requires another step modprobe iptable_nat iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward The laptop can now access the internet Finally add these commands to rc.local to execute on each bootup iwconfig ra0 mode Ad-Hoc iwconfig ra0 essid Z3r0 #your essid here modprobe iptable_nat iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Troubleshooting: if you have wireless-mode Ad-Hoc in /etc/network/interfaces your PC will freeze the PC after logging in, do not put it in there, issuing post-up wireless-mode Ad-Hoc doesn't work and pre-up will cause the system not to boot It is therefore necessary to add the command to rc.local as above. I had a look at WEP, issuing iwconfig ra0 key s:1234567891011 works but the laptop and PC fail to communicate, I already know it works as the laptop was working with windows before with WEP, so I assume that the drivers are broken? or there is another unknown to me configuration option -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just for clarity /etc/network/interfaces should look like this: auto lo iface lo inet loopback #The primary network interface configured via DHCP auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto ra0 iface ra0 inet static address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.0.0.138 #my router /etc/resolv.conf should look like this: nameserver 10.0.0.138 #my router or your ISPs DNS server instead ----------------------------------? --------------------- If you are connecting directly to a router, try this set up the ip etc in network manager with dhcp assigned address and WEP off iwconfig ra0 mode managed #default iwconfig essid youressid iwconfig channel 6 #your channel dhclient ra0 #get ip address from router, no need to issue ifconfig ra0 up/down, I suggest trying a static IP first though ping 10.0.0.138 #your router If that works add the iwconfig commands to /etc/rc.local to execute on bootup Here are two wikis (with info about WPA/WPA2) One for the AR5212 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=ar5212 One for the RT61 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=rt61 Enjoy:)) Edited May 15, 2006 by Z3r0 Link to post Share on other sites


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|Other Names:
|The Wolf
|Vladimir Dracula
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|All For One
"You're doomed." "Unless I tell dad." "As I said, you're doomed." "How angry do you think he'll be?" "On a scale of one to mass murder?"
- Vladimir Dracula and Zoltan, Faustian Slip
Zoltan is the stuffed wolf and faithful companion of Vladimir Dracula. He has appeared in all but two episodes (Camping and Sweet Sixteen) and was in the very first episode, When You're a Stranger. He is voiced by Andy Bradshaw. Zoltan doesn't appear at all in series 4 & 5.
He is rather sarcastic, encourages vampirism and is always against Vlad's plans to act more like a "breather". Although he frequently gives advice, sometimes good, to both Robin and Vlad, his advice is not always heeded.
Although the Count tolerates Zoltan, he is occasionally violent towards him. Both the Count and Ivan used to throw Zoltan off the battlements of the castle.
Series 1 & 2
Despite his status as a taxidermy victim, Zoltan gets around the castle very well on his wheels. However, he has been forbidden to use the words stake, sunlight and garlic by the Count, which has placed both Robin and the Count in danger more than once. He speaks with a Russian accent.
Series 3
In series 3 Zoltan remains the faithful companion of Vladimir Dracula. Once again his helpful advice is not often heeded. In "Bad Vlad" Vlad twists Zoltans neck all the way round, leaving him stuck. Despite this Zoltan remains loyal to his master, telling Erin that she must help Vlad before he looses himself to his evil reflection.
Early Life
Little is known about Zoltan during the time before he was stuffed. However, it is known that Ivan Dracula had a habit of throwing him off the castle battlements, which may have been the cause of his death. It is also known that he was a reluctant member of the pack of 'hellhounds' that savaged Renfield Sr. to death - he regrets this immensely.
- Zoltan's name comes from Zoltan: Hound of Dracula (a film about a dog which is possessed by the spirit of Dracula).


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Do you know what the maximum possible length is as specified by the MIPI CSI? I read something that mentioned it being 30 cm (http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120016202).Gert van Loo wrote:The camera interface is limited in length. We have tested a 15cm cable which seems to work. That is the on the picture taken on the Cambridge Raspberry-Jam. (We have not done a lot of experiments yet). But I have used the Pi with a 20! meter HDMI cable.
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So this weekend started off with setting up three events on Friday for work.
We set up flags for about 4 hours and then we went into the office for a while and then back out to take down one event that was finishing up. But not before I flew a kite at the event!
I haven't flown a kite in forever. I tried to earlier in the morning. And Failed. Really badly. Who knew it was so hard to fly a kite!?
Friday after work it was pretty crazy because there ended up to be a baby opossum in our backyard! WHAT THE HECK! So we are not so good with "wild" animals, and we had no idea what to do with it.
Then it crawled up in our lazy boy that we have in the garage. So we fenced it in. Little did we know that it would soon walk right through that fence! He wouldn't come out of the chair, and so we let the dogs at him and he came right out and played dead. We thought he was dead for about 2 seconds and then saw him breathing so we just fenced him in and got him in a box and released him to the wild at the park the next day.
Ha, ha it's all wet around him because we sprayed the dogs to let him go. We didn't need opossum guts all over our backyard, and we didn't want to kill him. We called animal control at 6 pm when we found him, but they didn't show up until the next day until 11 am. Awesome guys. So he was released at the park and seemed to be happy when we released him!
I did a fast 5 miler on Saturday and ran a 'naked' (aka garminless) 8 miler on Sunday. I also went to the gym both days and am really feeling a lot stronger, and sore! I have really been working my arms and back a lot and I think they are getting stronger and I'm feeling better and much more healthy adding in some gym time.
Then Saturday I got to go to the crawfish festival for work.
It was really good! With the ticket you got 2 lbs of crawfish. I've never had crawfish before but it was delicious, but perhaps a little more work than I thought. They are kind of like baby lobsters. It was overall a great weekend, and I even saw the movie Flipped and thought it was just adorable. I know I should have run more, but oh well.This week I'm finishing up my new schedule for the 'final' section of my training. After working so many weekend events though, this is kind of a bummer.
I also visited my friend's grandma who had surgery a while back, who is now on home hospice care. Really puts life into perspective and how short it really is. I'm lucky to be able to walk, run and talk every day. I'm thankful to have so many people in my life that I love.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Incompetent instructors or whinging Saudis? Or both? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Incompetent instructors or whinging Saudis? Or both? Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Saudi Arabia View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:54 am Post subject: The British Council has recently published two global-wide surveys of the provision of Primary sector EFL teaching. They are available in pdf format at:- http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2012/sites/iatefl/files/session/documents/eltrp_report_-_garton.pdf and http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/B487_ELTRP_Emery_ResearchPaper_FINAL_web_V2.pdf These reports state that whilst there is a strong global trend for teaching English as a Foreign Language to ever younger age groups, there are plenty of teachers and educationalists who voice reservations about this development. In the Literature Review of "Investigating Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners" the authors note:- "The widespread introduction of English in primary schools has been described by Johnstone (2009:33) as possibly the worlds biggest policy development in education. Even in countries such as Poland, Hungary and Croatia, where a choice of foreign languages is offered at primary level, English is overwhelmingly the first choice (Enever and Moon, 2009; Nikolov, 2009b). There are a number of reasons for this trend: 1. The widespread assumption that earlier language learning is better (Y. Hu, 2007; Nunan, 2003). 2. The response to the ever-increasing demand for English as a result of economic globalisation (Enever and Moon, 2009; Gimenez, 2009; Hu, Y., 2007). Such a demand leads to pressure on governments from international economic forces to ensure there is an English-speaking workforce. 3. The pressure from parents in the national context who want their children to benefit socially and economically from learning English (Brock-Utne and Holmarsdottir, 2004; Enever and Moon, 2009; Gimenez, 2009). The growth in teaching English to young learners has not been universally endorsed, however. The assumed benefits of an early start are controversial (see, for example, Nikolov and Mihaljević Djigunović, 2006; Pinter, 2006), especially in situations of minimal input, rather than language immersion (Larson-Hall, 2008). There has also been widespread criticism of policies that are generally imposed in a top-down manner and often without sufficient preparation (Enever and Moon, 2009; Gimenez, 2009; Y. Hu, 2007; Lee, 2009). As Gorsuch (2000) points out, national curriculum decisions and policies are essentially political and address curriculum content, but often fail to explain how such content should be implemented (see also Nunan, 2003). In other words, the pace of change has outrun the planning required to ensure the change is successful." One of the more recent significant examples of a key national curriculum decision is to be found in Indonesia. The Indonesian government has now decided to end the provision of English classes in its Primary Schools... http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/13/elt-diary-november-indonesia-english ...and from yet another "Guardian" article... http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/08/japan-launches-primary-english-push?INTCMP=SRCH "...many of Japan's 400,000 primary school teachers say they are ill-equipped for their new role as language instructors. In a recent survey, 77% said they needed to improve their language skills, while a similar percentage said they required more training. 'I've visited lots of schools and met teachers who are worried and lacking in confidence,' says Yuri Kuno, a visiting professor at Chubu Gakuin University, who has been lobbying education authorities to introduce English tuition at an early age since the 1970s. 'The trainers are themselves not trained and most of them have no experience of teaching at primary schools.' What is 77% of 400,000? A lot! So, for the TEYL trainers, there is still plenty of work to be done in Japan; and in India's Maharashtra state, too, for that matter,... http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/18/elt-diary-september?INTCMP=SRCH Geronimo Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:46 am Post subject: Scot47 wrote: Quote: The verb is "whinge" which has a similar meaning to "whine" but is in a lower, ie more vulgar, register Would you agree, Scot47, that its "lower, ie more vulgar, register" is derived from its strong collocation with "poms" ? http://www.whingeing-pom.com/features/Feb09_You_know_youre_aussie.html Geronimo Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: The Tatweer Project is making a difference... http://www.arabnews.com/school-transport-be-expanded-stages and... http://www.arabnews.com/1720-schools-will-have-virtual-labs GeronimoLast edited by Geronimo on Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:54 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:43 am Post subject: Dear Johnslat, I suspect that Al Mofreh's idea or stance would appear less "idiotic" to your eyes if you were to examine some of the recent research into the provision of English as a Foreign Language in Elementary Schools. Allow me to provide you with 3 examples. One of the most influential European papers has been presented by Carmen Munoz of Barcelona University... http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/14th/Papers/Invited%20Speakers/Munoz.pdf Research was undertaken in China by Zhiliang Liu and Guanying Chen. Their report is available in pdf format via the link on this webpage... http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/333 And, from the University of North Texas, Jenifer Larson-Hall presented her findings, following her research conducted with young Japanese English language learners... http://peer.ccsd.cnrs.fr/docs/00/57/07/38/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1177%252F0267658307082981.pdf If Al Mofreh's stance is 'idiotic', why have these researchers been wasting so much of their time? Are they idiots, too? With regard to your point about 'forbearance', I'm seeking it -here, on this thread - from those who have actually taught a foreign language in primary schools. Regards, Geronimo Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject: Dear Geronimo, "Are they idiots, too? " Probably - I doubt any field has more idiotic research projects than "Education" does: "What the New Stupid Looks Like Today's enthusiastic embrace of data has waltzed us directly from a petulant resistance to performance measures to a reflexive and unsophisticated reliance on a few simple metricsnamely, graduation rates, expenditures, and the reading and math test scores of students in grades 3 through 8. The result has been a nifty pirouette from one troubling mind-set to another; with nary a misstep, we have pivoted from the "old stupid" to the "new stupid." The new stupid has three key elements." http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/The-New-Stupid.aspx I have no idea why you are so obsessed with this man or his "theories," but you are entitled to believe anything you want. However, this will be my last post of this topic as I am tired of belaboring the obvious. Regards, John Back to top IxchelJoined: 11 Mar 2003Posts: 156Location: The 7th level of hell Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:15 pm Post subject: Geronimo wrote: Dear Johnslat, I suspect that Al Mofreh's idea or stance would appear less "idiotic" to your eyes if you were to examine some of the recent research into the provision of English as a Foreign Language in Elementary Schools. Allow me to provide you with 3 examples. One of the most influential European papers has been presented by Carmen Munoz of Barcelona University... http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/14th/Papers/Invited%20Speakers/Munoz.pdf Research was undertaken in China by Zhiliang Liu and Guanying Chen. Their report is available in pdf format via the link on this webpage... http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/333 And, from the University of North Texas, Jenifer Larson-Hall presented her findings, following her research conducted with young Japanese English language learners... http://peer.ccsd.cnrs.fr/docs/00/57/07/38/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1177%252F0267658307082981.pdf If Al Mofreh's stance is 'idiotic', why have these researchers been wasting so much of their time? Are they idiots, too? With regard to your point about 'forbearance', I'm seeking it -here, on this thread - from those who have actually taught a foreign language in primary schools. Regards, Geronimo Geronimo, I taught 10 years in a bilingual education program and 3 years in a dual immersion program at lower primary level. And at the end of the year students were administered standardized tests in both languages at the state level which they passed with flying colors. Where I live there is no such thing as teaching a foreign language in isolation to small children, I mean there is in theory but it's not necessary, they can be taught all subject matter in both languages. It's immersion-a little difficult to explain in detail the actual setup in this small box but it works beautifully. It helps if there is an equal number of native and non-native speakers but doesn't really matter, even if the teacher is the only fluent speaker of the 2nd language the students become fluent by the end of one year. If you can find some classes to observe, you'll find it interesting. Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:39 am Post subject: If the opportunity arises for me to observe such a class as the one referred to above, Ixchel, I'd be happy to take it. However, as I'm sure you're aware, such a "dual immersion program" is a world away from the typical English language provision that will emerge in the next academic year in the K.S.A.'s elementary schools. Instead of "immersion", the students will probably be presented with a couple of hours per week of Beginner level General English. And, sadly, in many cases, their teachers will be struggling to master the material themselves. To my mind, the importance of the Barcelona Age Factor project, led by Carmen Munoz, (now Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Barcelona), is that it calls into question the notion that minimal provision is better than none, - inevitably. According to the BAF Project research, the principle that "younger is better" doesn't hold for the 'minimal input' experienced in an elementary school in rural Saudi Arabia- as opposed to the 'immersion' of the child of an immigrant family in a naturalistic setting. The 9 year long BAF Project has found that the amount of input is a very important key factor. Carmen Muñoz reports that... "The comparisons of the scores obtained by the different groups of learners in the BAF Project, both in the longitudinal sub-sample and in the cross-sectional one, show that the older learners generally outperformed the younger learners in all the measurement times. This confirmed the superior learning rate of older learners or, in other words, the fact that they are more efficient learners. A long-term superiority on the part of the younger learners was not confirmed, however. At most, the differences were reduced or became non-significant in the tests that were less cognitively-demanding. In addition, the evolution of the more cognitively-demanding skills such as those elicited by the cloze test or the dictation showed an influence of the growth in cognitive maturity associated with puberty, which was not visible in the evolution of the less cognitively-demanding skills, such as those elicited by the listening comprehension test, or in the measurements of fluency, for example. The results led to the conclusion that if the older learners advantage is mainly due to their superior cognitive development, no differences in proficiency are to be expected when differences in cognitive development also disappear with age (Muñoz, 2006a: 34). In sum, the BAF Project confirmed the rate advantage of older starters and provided significant evidence that allowed to argue that in an instructed foreign language learning setting an early start does not automatically confer an ultimate attainment advantage. This may be considered to be a crucial age-related difference between a foreign language learning setting and a naturalistic language learning setting." ...and she proceeds to underline this point about the difference between 'immersion' in a naturalistic setting on the one hand, and ' minimal input' in the classroom-based setting, on the other, with this stark comparison.... "Although equating time of immersion with time of instruction is a gross generalization, an estimate of the number of hours in which a naturalistic language learner has access to L2 input after 10 years of residence exceeds 50,000 hours. The distribution of this amount of hours into weeks with 4 one-hour periods of instruction results in more than 200 years. The comparison may be absurd but it compellingly conveys the idea that the magnitude of the difference in the quantity of input received by naturalistic and instructed learners is enormous." http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/14th/Papers/Invited%20Speakers/Munoz.pdf Does this really matter? So what?! Well, there are a lot of unemployed young Saudis today! And, if the effectiveness of English language were to improve, more job opportunities would emerge for the future high school graduates in the K.S.A.'s private sector. Apparently, no less than 90% of the K.S.A.'s private businesses are staffed by expats! A job creation target of 6 million new jobs has been set by the government. The rulers' current concern over the lack of success of the 'Saudisation' program is evident in the brief BBC report - "Saudi Arabia's job creation push"... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20553993 Of course, language proficiency is not the only factor at work in the K.S.A's employment market. But it is a significant one. Geronimo Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 498 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:19 am Post subject: The British Council is currently recruiting no fewer than 80 trainers for its Teacher Upskilling Project in partnership with the Ministry of Education in Malaysia. "Project Aim This project aims to enhance primary English teachers ability to plan and deliver quality English lessons based on the new National English Language Curriculum in 600 schools across East Malaysia and to set up support structures that will facilitate the teachers continuing professional development." The project's objectives are set out at:- http://www.britishcouncil.org/malaysia-about-us-the-english-language-teacher-development-project.htm Maybe this project will offer up some guidance notes for other countries, such as the K.S.A., which are also strengthening the English as a Foreign Language provision in their primary school sectors. 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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Manatees are drowning for some mysterious reason, with bellies full of seaweed as one of the only clues.
At least 55 manatees have died in the Indian River Lagoon since July, including 25 of them in the past month.
Their carcasses appear otherwise healthy, but their guts are filled with thick drift algae, also called macroalgae, and not so much of their usual seagrass staple diet. That stringy stuff is virtually nowhere to be found in the lagoon since a phytoplankton explosion decimated the estuary's seagrass in 2011.
Scientists have yet to identify any known algae toxin that may be killing the manatees.
But biologists with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., say the 2011 phytoplankton "super bloom," as well as a severe brown algae bloom after that, may have contributed to the manatee die-off.
"So far we haven't found evidence of disease or viruses at this point, but we're still looking into that as well," said Kevin Baxter, a spokesman with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
Baxter said the manatees show "indications of shock and drowning," so something is affecting their ability to surface for air.
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The St. Johns River Water Management District had already planned to survey lagoon drift algae, which crashed in 2010 after cold snaps, leaving behind nutrients for an unprecedented lagoon-wide phytoplankton explosion that killed off most of the seagrass.
"We think that may have been a big cause of the microalgae bloom in 2011," said Troy Rice, director of the district's Indian River Lagoon program.
"It's never come back since 2011," Rice said of the lagoon's seagrass. "It's not good at all, it's in very bad shape right now."
A red tide lingering off Southwest Florida since September has killed a record 184 manatees so far this year. But no other significant fish kills, algae blooms or other toxic events have been reported recently in Brevard.
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Boy Scouts will enjoy a wide variety of hands-on, authentic experiences with natural history concepts that also support their progress towards Cub Scout Belt Loops, Cub Scout Merit Badges and Boy Scout Merit Badges.
Cub Scout Belt Loops
|Wildlife Conservation
Cub Scout Merit Badges
|Cub Scout Merit Badge
|Requirements and Electives
|Tiger Requirement 1G
|Visit a museum to see how family life was the same and different many years ago
|Wolf Requirement 10
|Family Fun - Visit NHMU or plan a walk on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail around the Museum
|Wolf Elective 10
|Native American Lore - Learn about what Utah tribes wore in the past and about tribal history in the Native Voices Gallery
|Bear Requirement 10
|Family Fun - Visit NHMU to "go on a day trip with your family"
|Bear Requirement 12
|Family Outdoor Adventure - Hike with your family along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail outside of the Museum
|Bear Requirement 14
|Ride Right - Ride a bike along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail outside of the Museum
|Bear Elective 1
|Space - Identify two constellations and the North Star in the night sky from the Museum's Sky Terrace ( We are open until 9:00 p.m. every Wednesday)
|Bear Elective 12
|Nature Crafts - Make prints of leaves and animals in the Naturalist's Lab (Level 4)
|Bear Elective 24
|American Indian LIfe - Learn about Native Peoples, their games and their lives
|Bear Elective 25
|Take a short hike with your den along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail outside of the Museum
|Webelos Requirement Geologist 7
|What are fossils? Find out in our Past Worlds Gallery (Level 2)
|Webelos Requirement Naturalist 4
|Visit a museum of natural history!
|Webelos Requirement Outdoorsman 9
|Take a hike on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail outside of the Museum
Boy Scout Merit Badges: A Visit to the Museum will fulfill part of these Merit Badge Requirements
|Native American Lore
|Soil & Water Conservation
|Environmental Science
|American Cultures
|Plant Science
|Mammal Study
|Insect Study
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March 5 hearing on teachers tax initiative
(AP) –An initiative pushed by the state teachers' union and other labor groups will get a hearing before a Nevada legislative panel on March 5.
Democratic Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick on Monday said the measure will be considered during a joint hearing before the Senate and Assembly taxation committees.
Backers of the initiative gathered more than 150,000 signatures to send the margins tax proposal by state lawmakers. Legislators have until March 15 to enact it or it will automatically be put to voters in 2014.
The proposal seeks to impose a 2 percent margins tax on businesses grossing more than $1 million. Supporters say it would raise $800 million a year for K-12 education.
Critics say it doesn't guarantee more money for education and argue it could hurt businesses.


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WADA's responsibilities in the science and medical fields include, among others, the accreditation of anti-doping laboratories, science research, the Prohibited List, the Athlete Biological Passport and Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE).
Scientific Events
In order to meet the constantly evolving scientific challenges in the fight against doping in sport and to assess new developments in the field of anti-doping testing and analysis, WADA organizes scientific meetings and symposia that bring together international scientists and experts in relevant fields of anti-doping science. Under the umbrella of WADA, expert working groups are formed to address specific scientific issues pertaining to the identification and detection of doping substances and practices.
Scientific Articles
- Investigating the Use of Stimulants in Out-of-Competition Sport Samples
Boghosian T, Mazzoni I, Barroso O, Rabin O.
J Anal Toxicol. 2011 Nov;35(9):613-6.
- The List of Prohibited Substances and Methods in Sport: Structure and Review Process by the World Anti-Doping Agency
Mazzoni I, Barroso O, Rabin O.
J Anal Toxicol. 2011 Nov;35(9):608-12.
- Cannabis in Sport: Anti-Doping Perspective
Huestis MA, Mazzoni I, Rabin O.
Sports Med. 2011 Nov 1;41(11):949-66. doi: 10.2165/11591430-000000000-00000. Review
- Involvement of the Health Industry in the Fight Against Doping in Sport
Rabin O.
Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Dec 10;213(1-3):10-4. Epub 2011 Jul 7
- The Athlete Biological Passport
Sottas PE, Robinson N, Rabin O, Saugy M.
Clin Chem. 2011 Jul;57(7):969-76. Epub 2011 May 19. Review
- Determination of Urinary Concentrations of Pseudoephedrine and Cathine After Therapeutic Administration of Pseudoephedrine-Containing Medications to Healthy Subjects: Implications for Doping Control Analysis of these Stimulants Banned in Sport
Barroso O, Goudreault D, Carbó Banús ML, Ayotte C, Mazzoni I, Boghosian T, Rabin O.
Drug Test Anal. 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1002/dta.291. [Epub ahead of print]


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The husband and I have been especially lovely to each other recently, so it wasn't in any mournful or malevolent way that we nattered about where we would be and what we would be doing, if we had not ever met.
I guess it's no great surprise, given that I have spent my entire adult life in his company, that my estimations of where he would be and his of mine married well with our own guesses. Him? He would most definitely not be living in the country. In fact he may even be a bit of a floater…I imagined him in Singapore, Hong Kong or Australia. A few years ago I would have said New York, but life has changed. He would have set up his own business, a bigger risk taker, wear mainly designer suits and eat out most days. He would have many friends, from diverse walks of life and probably dedicate more time to fitness and charity work.
Me? I would be working in the city still, working long hours and frowning most of the time. I would be a senior manager, as I was before I left that life or the head of something or another by now. I may have gone into the banking field instead of telecoms had I not met my husband, because work-life balance would have been less of a priority. More of a tigress than fluffy boots, I would have more property to my name, be taking singing classes maybe, and I would be someone that eats the city, rather than cooks in it.
But we did meet and life is healthier. As we negotiated over cheese toasties or pakora for our three year old who tells us that he likes hanging out with us, we smiled, felt peace and counted our blessings. Real ones. Healthy ones.
And cheers to those real and healthy blessings, with my nourishing smoothie of pistachio and coconut smoothie. I generally step away from fruity concoctions even though I find them delicious, because years of trying to follow a low GI diet has reigned me in but I do like a bit of sweetness in life.
The sweetness in this smoothie comes from coconut water, something that everyone around me seems hooked on right now. I didn't use a lot of it as it is sweet but it adds such a mellow and fresh essence. The aroma is uplifting and reminiscent of all the good and sunny holidays we have had, just what I need now with the nursery runs in the cold and rain. I used chia seeds soaked in coconut water for this recipe and added them to the other ingredients once they were blitzed together, because I like my chia seeds to be plump and slippery. If you prefer not to feel them, skip the step where you soak the chia seeds and blitz them with the other ingredients.
I have written this recipe for JD sports, who asked me to write a healthy and delicious smoothie recipe for their new Pink Soda health club that they have created. You can find more healthful ideas over there, on beauty, fitness, diet and more!
I used my Froothie (optimum 9400) to blitz the nuts to a smooth consistency- I didn't want nutty grains or bits in my smoothie so the froothie did the job!
Ingredients to make 2-3 large smoothies
1 avocado, peeled and chopped (stone removed)
½ cup of pistachios, soaked in ½ cup of milk
2 tbsp. desiccated coconut
½ cup of plain, natural yoghurt
1 ½ tbsp. honey (or to taste)
A pinch of ground cardamom
1 tbsp. chia seeds
250ml cold coconut water
- Soak the pistachios in the milk for at least 15 minutes (in the fridge).
- Soak the chia seeds in the coconut water until the chia seeds plump up.
- Combine the yoghurt, avocado, pistachios with the milk, honey, desiccated coconut, ground cardamom and a drizzle of coconut water and blitz it all together until it is smooth.
- Now combine the coconut water with chia seeds and the blitzed elements for your smoothie.


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I walked in there tonight and flipped on the lights.
Holy crap! The new bulbs are beyond bright. Like the light from the top of the Luxor Hotel has been moved into my john. I felt like I was peeing inside a tanning bed. I was frantically looking for Coppertone in the cabinet over the toilet.
While washing my hands I realized that the worst part of this incredible luminescence is the way it shows how many gray hairs I have (of the few left at all). I went out to complain to Mrs. Grumpy, who said she didn't care.
She went in there an hour later, and after seeing her own gray hairs illuminated so clearly, immediately drove back to Home Depot to get significantly lower wattage bulbs.


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After a couple of years of biding his time and fighting through injuries, Adrian Flemming finally got his starting shot against Penn State in the season opener. Unfortunately for the player, it'll be his only shot of the season.
In a press release sent out Friday, the Orange confirmed that wide receiver Adrian Flemming suffered a lower-body injury — the specific nature was not divulged — at some point between Saturday and today that will require surgery to repair the damage. As a result of the surgical procedure and rehabilitation, the true senior will miss the remainder of the 2013 season.
As Flemming has yet to use his redshirt season, he will be able to return for a fifth year in 2014.
The game against Penn State was the first start of Flemming's career. He had two catches for 18 yards; those were the first two catches of a career that included 19 games played entering the 2013 season.


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NARBC Conference & Trade Show
Organizer:NARBC - North American Reptile Show
Welcome to the home of the North American Reptile Breeders Conference & Trade Shows. The shows are organized by Bob Ashley of ECO Publishing and Brian Potter of Chicago Reptile House. The shows take place one time per yearin three cities across the country: Anaheim California, Tinley Park Illinois and Arlington Texas.
The shows are one of the best places for the general public and breeders alike to come out and meet many of the World's top Reptile Breeders face to face. Every year the breeders bring out their top projects and showcase them at the NARBC Shows.
The shows also provide a chance to meet some of your favorite TV personalities such as Mark O'Shea, Nigel Marven, Donald Schultz, and a few up and comers that you will soon be watching on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel! We welcome you to come out on your own or with your family and get up close and personal with some of the rarest and also some of the most common and best "beginner pet" reptiles the Reptile Breeding Community has to offer!


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The RNeasy Micro Kit is designed for isolation of total RNA from small samples. Optimized protocols are provided for RNA isolation from microdissected tissues, small amounts of standard tissues, fiber-rich tissues, and cells. Protocols are also available for RNA cleanup and concentration.
Total RNA was isolated by 5 different users in duplicate from 2 mg of the indicated rat tissues, using the RNeasy Micro Kit. Quantitative, real-time RT-PCR was carried out on an ABI Sequence Detection System using the QuantiTect Probe RT-PCR Kit, with primers and probes specific for c-jun.


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Resolve Internet Explorer Issues
Reinstalling or repairing your computer's Windows Internet Explorer can be done in a jiffy, regardless of your current operating system. This is an important process that you need to do when encountering problems with your Internet Explorer because of a missing registration information or due to damaged files.
Method 1: Manually reset settings
The first method that you can take when repairing your Windows Internet Explorer is by resetting the browser's settings by starting your Internet Explorer and clicking on the Tools menu. There, you can see the Internet Options, which have different tabs to choose from. Click on the Advanced tab and click the Reset button, wherein you will have to confirm your option of resetting all previous Internet Explorer settings.
Method 2: Reinstall Internet Explorer
Before you can reinstall your Internet Explorer, you will need to download the file from the Microsoft Download Center web site.
If you are running on Windows XP, you can resolve any problems with your Internet Explorer by downloading and installing a Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Update to the latest Internet Explorer
If you are currently running on Internet Explorer 6 or 7, it is recommended that you install the latest version so that any issues experienced on the earlier versions can be resolved. Aside from bug fixes, the latest version has an improved security feature, performance, and other enhancements.
There are other means of resolving Internet Explorer issues, and there are also advanced options for the more computer literate people. There are also other web tools that can make it easier for you to check compatible drivers and installers for your system. Just click on the link to update your computer's driver and update any outdated system.


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playing around with fabric dye and thought I would share with you.
DIY: dip dye
playing around with fabric dye and thought I would share with you.
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My next DIY project! Thanks for these pointers : )ReplyDelete
i'm way too distracted by those cute polka dots on the walls. love!ReplyDelete
Lovely! Thanks for sharing. :)ReplyDelete
So beautiful, love the dip dye, thank you for the wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
This looks so amazing, definitely going to try.ReplyDelete
LOVELY! I even had to blog about it :) Thanks for the inspo!ReplyDelete
Looks wonderful, but did you really do this inside your house???ReplyDelete
I did that in the garden - in summer of course :))
Beautiful interior stuff. I like.ReplyDelete
i m so into pillowcase dying the last two weeks! thanks for sharing..it's a great idea !!ReplyDelete
The polka dots on the wall! LOVE! The dip dye as well though.ReplyDelete
very cute! i love the dip dye idea! i might try this on a canvas bag I have!ReplyDelete
Ha! Even your dip dye supplies are gorgeous and let's not even begin to talk about the drying rack. ;)ReplyDelete
That looks like so much fun!!ReplyDelete
Love the dip dye pillows! Also, where did you buy the dots or how did you make the dots on your walls? They are adorable! :)ReplyDelete
I really love this DIY :)ReplyDelete
Love it and I have to try it!ReplyDelete
brilliant & beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Friday, June 8, 2012
L'Equipe: Team Sky Dropping Pinarello
According to France's L'Equipe sports newspaper Team Sky will drop Pinarello next season and move over to Specialized bikes. Team Sky began riding Pinarello in the 2010 season. The new contract is said to be worth 6 million euro.
Photo: December 2009 photo of the to be raced in 2010 Team Sky Pinarello Dogma
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Maybe same factory in Taiwan, they just switch from one middleman to another.ReplyDelete
makes no difference if a carbon frame is moulded by a robot in Taiwan, Italy, USA or any other place in the world... What really made a difference in the peloton was the sublime beauty of those Pinarello bikes...ReplyDelete
I never understood the concept of Shimano groupsets on a Pinarello. Finally, someone pulled the plug on this set-up.ReplyDelete
Let's hope the Dogma reappears in the peloton, properly dressed.
couldn't agree more with you on the Shimano part, BjornReplyDelete
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September 17, 2013
In Oregon, construction industry employers receive more citations for violations of lead, asbestos, hazard communication, and respiratory protection standards than other health standards. Typically, one or two paragraphs in each standard account for many, if not most, of the violations.
In part 2 of this series, the Construction Depot explains the requirements of 1926.1101(f) – Exposure assessments and monitoring in the Asbestos standard, requirements that are often overlooked by contractors who do renovation and remodeling work.
Most construction-industry employers know about asbestos and its health effects, but many forget to test for it on projects where it could be present. Since it's impossible to identify asbestos just by looking for it, the only way to know if asbestos is in building materials is to test for it. Typically, asbestos is found in installed products such as shingles, floor tiles, cement pipe and sheet roofing felts, insulation, ceiling tiles, and fire-resistant drywall.
Oregon OSHA's asbestos standard assumes that certain building materials (including thermal system insulation and surfacing materials) installed before 1981 contain asbestos; they are defined in the standard as presumed asbestos-containing materials – PACM. Employers must treat these materials as though they contain asbestos until they test them and the results show otherwise. Although it's more likely that asbestos is in buildings constructed before 1981, many products that can be bought legally today also contain asbestos.
The standard covers four classes of asbestos work:
Paragraph 1926.1101(f) states that before your employees do any work that could expose them to airborne asbestos, a competent person must measure their exposure levels and monitor their exposures. This initial exposure assessment is based on exposure monitoring results and any other information (including previous monitoring results) that might indicate employees are exposed to asbestos. The purpose is to give you information about your employees' expected exposure levels so that you can determine how to control their exposures if they are exposed at unsafe levels.
To do the initial exposure assessment, a competent person must take air samples representing employees' average exposures over an eight-hour shift in each work area, and take air samples representing employees' 30-minute short-term exposures in areas where they are most likely to be exposed to high levels of asbestos. The air samples must be taken from the breathing zones of each affected employee and a lab must determine how much asbestos is present in the samples.
If the lab results show that your employees are exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos greater than 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter of air averaged over an eight-hour shift (called the permissible exposure limit) or more than 1.0 fiber per cubic centimeter of air over the 30-minute period (called the excursion limit) you need to determine how to reduce their exposure below those levels. (Paragraph 1926.1101(g), Methods of compliance, covers control methods and work practices.)
If the lab reports that your employees are exposed below those levels, then the result is called a negative exposure assessment. In addition to lab reports, you can use "objective data" and "historical monitoring data" – if it's available – to confirm that your employees' exposures will result in a negative exposure assessment for specific jobs.
You must allow your affected employees to observe any exposure monitoring that you do.
For Class I and Class II work, you must conduct daily monitoring that is representative of the exposure of each employee working with asbestos, unless you have a confirmed negative exposure assessment for that work.
For work other than Class I and II, you must monitor your employees' exposures often enough to ensure that they do not exceed the permissible exposure limit. If periodic monitoring shows your employees' exposure levels remain below the permissible exposure limit and the excursion limit, you can discontinue monitoring.
Reprinting, excerpting, or plagiarizing any part of this publication is fine with us!
But remember: the information in this newsletter is intended to highlight safe work practices, but it does not replace Oregon OSHA workplace safety and health rules.
For information about Oregon OSHA services and answers to technical questions, call (503) 378-3272 or toll-free within Oregon, (800) 922-2689.


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One of the better cell phone developments in the past year has been the proliferation of stereo Bluetooth. While previously it seemed that handset manufacturers were consciously avoiding the feature, a simultaneous push for music phones has, thankfully, made stereo Bluetooth a reality. And as the number of supported phones increases, manufacturers have started to introduce stereo Bluetooth headphones as well. One of Moto's latest entries in the space is the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones. Made with the sports enthusiast in mind, these headphones feature a sleek, space-age design that wraps behind your head. For both calls and music, the sound quality was decent--and the fit was relatively comfortable. Priced in the $100 range, they're not exactly cheap, but they won't break the bank either.
Motorola emphasizes the word "active" when mentioning the S9, and by looking at the S9's design, it's clear why. Sleek and aerodynamic, the S9 weighs less then an ounce, which makes it one of the lightest stereo headphones we've seen. It also employs a simple, behind-the-head design that isn't clunky and doesn't look too conspicuous when worn. The rearmost portion of the headset, which holds the power button and charger jack, is the largest part of the S9 at almost an inch wide, but the ends connecting the earbuds taper to a slim diameter of .25 inch. We tested the red-and-blue version, but it also comes in a more subtle gray-and-black model as well. The S9 is water- and sweat-resistant, so you won't have to worry about wearing it during a hard workout.
Thanks to the practical design, we had no trouble slipping the headset on and off. Though the area with the power control and the charger jack is made of hard plastic, the ends are made of a rubberized material that bends easily. The ear hooks slipped easily on and off for us, but users with larger noggins may want to try the S9 before buying. On the whole, the fit is comfortable and the light weight made it barely noticeable, even for longer-wearing periods. The fit was quite secure as well. But the 0.5-inch earbuds did have a tendency to pinch if not positioned just-so. Indeed, it took us a few minutes of fiddling with the earbuds until they slipped comfortably into the ear. On the upside, the ear tips are made a flexible rubber and you get a choice of three sizes.
The controls on the headset were easy to understand and to use. As we mentioned previously, the power control is located on the bottom of the rear end of the headset, just next to the mini-USB charger port. It can be hard to locate when you're wearing the headset, but we can't imagine you'd be turning it on and off excessively. The charger jack is protected by a rubber flap, although the fit wasn't very secure. A small indicator LED sits between the power button and the charger port.
Moto smartly separated the phone and music controls on the S9. A Talk button and the volume control sits just near the left earbud. The former is easy to find and has a soft, tactile feel; the volume control is touch-sensitive and barely needs to be pressed. We haven't seen touch controls in very many headsets, but it's a feature we love on the S9. At times, they could be a bit too sensitive, but overall it was a very user-friendly experience. A music Play button sits near the right earbud and is also touch-sensitive.
We tested the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones with the Motorola Razr V3xx. The pairing process took only a few seconds and the connection remained strong. Also, we were able to reconnect instantly after turning both devices off for a short period. Overall sound quality was quite good for all kinds of audio. We could hear callers plainly and there was plenty of volume, even in windy or noisy environments. Callers reported few problems on their ends and we had no trouble being understood by voice-automated calling systems. Our only complaint was that voices on our side sounded harsh and almost robotic at times. However, the effect wasn't constant, so we don't consider it a deal-breaker. Other calling features include voice dialing, call reject, and last-number redial.
Sound from the music player was better than the call sound. We loved the stereo experience and we were impressed by the volume range. Keep in mind that the sound wasn't the sharpest we've heard, but it's more than adequate for most uses. Conveniently, the music automatically pauses when you receive a call, and then resumes after you hang up. We also tested the headphones with streaming video clips and enjoyed solid audio quality. The S9 has a promised battery life of six hours on a single charge.


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Include Weather Conditions for Strava Activities
For the ridden route, pls include weather conditions for a segment when the riding took place
- Temperature
- wind direction
For example: In Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) makes the observations available for various areas. So when riding on a road that exists in an area covered by the BOM, then overlay the segments of the route with weather conditions at the time of the ride.
Similarly, you can overlay with a weather forecast for routes generated in My Routes.
Let me know if you want more info.


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RedWolf sister store RenChi launches! (2005-10-31)RedWolf Airsoft welcomes the launch of our sister company, RenChi. Bringing the most exciting import games to you from Japan and the rest of the world, RenChi (just like RedWolf) offers games and accessories that you might not be able to find in your neighborhood store! Play games that were designed for the Japanese and other overseas markets. Get cool steering wheels, light guns, dancing pads, drums, turn-tables, and other cool accessories and are not available elsewhere!
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The Globe and Mail has a story of value to entrepreneurs and business owners thinking about growing their company, but choking from lack of capital.
Deals with Canadian firms are being closed by large and sophisticated investors that, at first glance, seem to fall well below the revenue threshold usually required for a chat over lunch – never mind an acquisition.
Private equity and strategic buyers are dipping their nets into shallower waters and scooping up small companies. U.S. investors, in particular, are not waiting for businesses to grow organically because they recognize there's a risk they might attract the eye of a Canadian equivalent. Once a business has signed with a tier-one private equity firm or a strategic partner, there won't likely be room for another investor, unless it's at a significantly higher price.
Sophisticated investors have the experience, and the research and consumer data, to identify what might be tomorrow's stars, given some additional capital and oversight. The trick is to spot small businesses that already have a product with market leadership potential. The company must be able to replicate its efforts in multiple markets and address a highly specific customer need.
The founders and shareholders need to demonstrate they have the operational competence to take capital and use it to roll-out an expansion strategy. Lee Graff, co-founder and president of Cover FX, a foundation cosmetics company, landed her investment partners through serendipity.
Ms. Graff was invited to lunch, under the impression she was meeting with the owner of a U.S. retail chain who was interested in carrying her cosmetics. She went over the Cover FX story for two hours. First, she talked about the specific customer need the company addressed – Ms. Graff had worked with a dermatologist for many years, mixing colour and textures onto patients' faces.Read the rest of the article.
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Interview with Motorino Pizza Chef Mathieu Palombino on Feedbag Blog
Keith Wagstaff of the Feedbag blog has an interview with Mathieu Palombino, the Belgian-born chef-owner of Motorino in Williamsburg. We wrote about the pizza at Motorino on Tuesday, and the Feedbag's piece is a nice complement to the tasting intel. Snip:
What does it take to make good pizza? Pizza is always good, even when it's bad. Its never something you will spit out of your mouth, even if it's not done properly. What makes a pizza good is the quality of the ingredients. It's a very simple thing. It's just a piece of dough with just a few ingredients, so you have to choose your ingredients very carefully. It's a simple thing, but it can become very complicated to make your pizza better than the guy next door.
Palombino also reveals that he makes the mozzarella for his pies himself each day and that he thinks Fornino is one of the city's best pizzerias—but declines to give the names of places he thinks are overrated.
I'm going to have to pull out the Truth Hammer, though, and give this Keith Wagstaff a knock on the noggin:
[Matthieu offers me some pizza; I tell him thanks but I have to get back to the office.] Do you offer pizza to go?
He didn't even try the pizza?
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While Disney remains thrillingly silent on whether the next Star Wars will see a return from actors we all know damn well will, attention has briefly turned to who else might be there, representing the new generation of characters that fans automatically find suspect. Last week the website SchmoesKnow posted what it believed to be a casting breakdown, only to have the Internet—calcified after months of rumor and speculation—ask what SchmoesKnow could possibly know, schmoes. But now Bleeding Cool has posted its own corroborating, "100-percent confirmed" list it says is already being sent out to casting agents, giving us a possible glimpse as to what we can expect to see in Episode VII. In short: A lot of good-looking people who can take the spaceship stairs without getting winded.
Late-teen female, independent, good sense of humour, fit.
Young twenty-something male, witty and smart, fit but not traditionally good looking.
A late twentysomething male, fit, handsome and confident.
Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn' t need to be particularly fit.
A second young female, also late teens, tough, smart and fit.
Forty something male, fit, military type.
Thirtysomething male, intellectual. Apparently doesn't need to be fit.
As always, it's up to you to speculate wildly on who these character descriptions might turn out to be, as well as whether the call for a tough, ornery 70-year-old man is indication Harrison Ford is being asked to play himself. Also of note is that the intellectual thirtysomething man "apparently" doesn't need to be fit, because "apparently" that's how J.J. Abrams wants to do things. Apparently J.J. Abrams thinks one can survive in a star war on smarts alone. Still, as in galaxies near and far, NO FAT CHICKS.


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Heart Shape Dark Pink Gift Box With Flower And Teddy Bear (Medium)
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For birthday gifts
New exclusive lighting clock pen holder.
Good looking frame & nice clock.
Beautiful show pic
Wonderful showpiece
beautiful mug
Stylish small key ring with Emoji
Stylish small key ring and pouch with Emoji
Best Gift for Valentine's